When one girl begins to read, she can change her whole community.   Ayisha always loved reading. When Worldreader joined forces with education nonprofit Achievers Ghana in 2014, the program and BookSmart finally gave her access to hundreds of free books. Now, she helps girls like her grow their love for reading. Reading has helped … Continue Reading →

The Center for Universal Education (CUE) at Brookings has published the "The Childhood Cost Calculator: A simple tool for costing interventions for children and youth". Worldreader staff, Wendy Smith and Leslie Tettey, are co-authors.

The Teacher Professional Development at Scale (TPD@Scale) program leverages information and communication technologies (ICTs) and blends online, offline, digital, and traditional teacher training modalities to support Ghanaian educators. Thousands of teachers are now trained and hundreds more signed up.

In collaboration with the Municipal Education Office of Kwaebibirem, Worldreader established a digital reading program that reached 90 primary schools over three years. Teachers in the program successfully adopted e-readers into their classrooms, reporting improved digital skills and changes to their pedagogy.

On December 7, 2022, Ghanaian students, families, and educators will join Worldreader’s Accra DigiReads Experience to share their love of reading and discuss the power of digital reading to overcome the learning crisis. The global learning crisis is threatening our future. Today, 64% of ten-year-olds worldwide cannot read and understand a simple story. The COVID-19 … Continue Reading →

The Read with Us pilot in Sierra Leone has created a solution to support children through dynamic learning communities and digital reading during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After reading a book about climate change and the importance of forests on BookSmart, a school class in Sierra Leone was inspired to take action. How have the books you read as a child inspired you? Did they help you choose your career path? Did they help you make new friends? Or maybe they inspired … Continue Reading →

David’s desire to see young children meet their potential through reading is what drew him to Worldreader. In the Product Delivery team, he works on new deployment projects and releases ensuring the quality of new digital product features. In addition, he plays a key role providing business management support for the West Africa team. David … Continue Reading →

Being an avid reader, Kezia joined Worldreader because saw an opportunity to contribute to an exciting and forward-thinking organization that brings reading to under-resourced communities and children all over the world. She is the Content Acquisition Manager for West and Francophone Africa as well as the Middle East and North Africa, and is in charge … Continue Reading →